CMS Price Transparency Data

Colonoscopy with biopsy

Facility: Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple

Billing Code: 45380 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$1,539

about 1.3× the $1,223 Medicare rate · typically $1,093–$2,510

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$1,491

About the fair price

about $48 under the fair price · 1.2× Medicare

Medicare pays $1,223 Fair price $1,539 This hospital $1,491

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How this hospital compares to other TX hospitals

Highest price of the 9 TX hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $174 Priciest $1,491

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 TX hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

A fair price for a Colonoscopy with biopsy is about $1,539 (about 1.3× the $1,223 Medicare rate). Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple charges insurers about $1,491 — about the fair price. Located in Temple, TX.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

5 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Humana Kaiser Permanente

Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.

Insurance company	Price range	vs. Medicare
UnitedHealthcaremajor	$1,259 - $4,419	103%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$1,149 - $1,808	94%
Aetnamajor	$3,734	305%
Cignamajor	$3,421 - $4,025	280%
Humanamajor	$1,094 - $4,958	89%
Baylor Scott & White	$1,040 - $1,806	85%
+ 3 smaller / regional plans	$1,149 - $1,359

Government programs also on file: Medicaid, Military & VA.

Excludes 5 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

Self-Pay How to get the cash price

Tell the billing desk you want to be billed as self-pay — not through insurance — before your visit.
Ask for the cash / prompt-pay discount in writing, with the exact price, before you agree to anything.
Get it in writing that they won’t also bill your insurance, so the cash price is what you owe.
Check the CPT code on your bill matches exactly: 45380.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 45380.
Confirm the doctor or provider is in-network too — not just the hospital building.
Check your Explanation of Benefits against the hospital’s final itemized bill.

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Other Procedures at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple

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Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.